TEXAS SAGE

Botanical name :

Leucophyllum spp

Common name: 
Texas, Green cloud, Silver cloud
Ornamental Description:

Size of the grown plant :
4 to 5 feet high; 4 to 5 feet wide

Plantation:Any season, but the best time is spring

Growth: Moderate

Space between plants : from 3 to 5 feet according to the desired effect

Watering: Few, once stablished

Sun light : 100%     

Soil: Tolerates any type of soil with a good drough

Flowering:   In summer. Flowers constantly in hot climates

Flower color: Purple, purple-blue, pink, according to its variety

Category:            Shrub

Clasification:        Evergreen shrub

Special indications : If its watered in excess, it can die. In winter season or prolonged drough season could look sperse or unclean

 

Maintenance:

•Prune to keep its shrub shape or desired form. Also to promote new shoot and flowering

 

Arquitectonic Use:

•Informal shrub that with some space can form a wall, or its pruned to form a fence

•Natural gardens, rocky or deset

•Its foliage its used to give a green contrast in the decoration of gardens

Special

 

Features:  

•Tolerates drough

•Desert effect

•Its sporadic flowering in the hotter season can be spectacular

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